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DrD
from California, but not for long

Typical liberal nonsense. Civil war issues? The race-baiting was most pronounced by Obama and his sidekick Holder.Too bad more folks couldn't see through the smoke and mirrors. Our future generations will be paying off the debt and disaster for a century.

Chuzzlewit"This election is a wake-up call for the Republican...there are just too many nut jobs...religious fundamentalists...ignored the changes...the past 20 years. Latinos now really matter....and they should. Immigration reform is imperative."WOW how does it feel to return to our dimension of reality, welcome back, we missed u. feel free to stay.

Dear Tricia Ross, thank you for that comment about the different flavors of white voters. I am one of those liberal, affluent, middle-aged white women who are disappointed with some of Pres Obama's middle-of-the-road positions who nonetheless couldn't bear to vote for Mitt Romney. Looking forward to seeing some real progress these next four years.

instead of look at the race of voters look at the incomedid working vote for BHO?how many poor people voted for romney?A-A & hispanics are poorer and they need the government more (than whites think they need the government)

What is the break out of obama's white vote in the Midwest, southwest, and northeast. In other words how much are the white stats skewed by the south? And how is it any different than previous democratic nominees.

republican obstructionism will be as bad or worse than it has been since DAY ONE of the obama administration. i am really annoying with all the talk of how obama has to be conciliatory and understand of the hard right wing. he tried that....and he got nothing but grief for his trouble.

SUMMING UP - This election is a wake-up call for the Republican Party (Actually I am a registered Democrat and voted for them until 1996)...there are just too many nut jobs in the Republican Party who are religious fundamentalists and who have ignored the changes in the country in the past 20 years. Latinos now really matter....and they should. Immigration reform is imperative.

How much did the birther stuff affect Asian American views? I am born in the USA. My parents are from India, we are Hindus. And, I feel the birther stuff could have been said about any first generation non-European immigrant. The lack of outrage by the republican party upset me. The implication that he was foreign, not really American by the GOP also could have been sent about any non European first generation immigrant. Even the implication that Obama was a Muslim bothered me as if there is something wrong about being a non-Christian.

I am heartened by the election results. The American people recognized that Mr. Obama has been moving our country forward; not rapidly but with deliberate due diligence. The Obama direction reaches out to include more people into the tent that is the American dream rather than further widen the gap between the haves and have nots. My concern now is that there is the leadership in the Congress which recognizes that the American people want Congress to make decisions based on what is best for the people. This certainly means that partisanship has to be put aside in favor of deal making!

No, he didn't. And there's your problem. The right-wing inventing their own facts for the bizzaro American only they inhabit. I suppose Obama is going to take all our guns too!? For a second time...I guess!

I feel the election went about as well as it could have possibly gone, especially with the Senate results - my thought is that 2008 was an anti-Bush election, while 2012 was a pro-Obama election. I was worried that Romney would coast on the economic work Obama laid down in his first term and get credit; now Obama will be judged on his policies. In addition, ACA will remain intact; even though I get health insurance through my job, no matter what happens I will be able to afford insurance in the future. That is a huge relief.

Well, President Obama is the abortion president. Re-electing him was a very bad idea. President Obama's slogan was 'Forward', it might be off a cliff.

There will be no co-operation in the government - how can there be between groups of people who disagree profoundly? Stalemate, gridlock. In John Updike's 'Buchanan Dying' he shows President Buchanan trying to get compromise before the Civil War, and it just wasn't possible at all, similar situation here.

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